Verily’s ‘exploding micro-needles’ are a fix for a problem that doesn’t exist

Somehow, Silicon Valley hasn’t learned from the train wreck that was Theranos. The latest rumors are that Verily, formerly Google Life Sciences, is developing a painless blood-collection gadget “using a system of exploding micro-needles and magnets,” CNBC’s Christina Farr reports. So Silicon Valley is back at trying to fix blood tests again — one of the few parts of health care that doesn’t need fixing.The device is a prototype, Farr says, and the Verily team